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travel sterilisers
issywoo · 05/01/2004 14:23
we're going to la manga in june when our baby (yet to be born) will be about 13/14 weeks old and i wondered if anyone can recommend a travel sterilser if such a thing exists! i plan to you avent bottles and don't fancy taking the big steam sterilser as we will be laden down with buggies and toys for our 2 and a half year old
any tips gratefully received!
Crunchie · 05/01/2004 14:39
You can use a simple tupperware box and sterilising tablets. I used to travel with the box full of bottles/milk powder etc and then fill it with water when we arrived anywhere. It must be one with a lid and try to keep stuff submerged (ie full of water so the lid keeps stuff under)
No need to buy anything special.
dinosaur · 05/01/2004 17:33
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issywoo · 06/01/2004 13:50
thanks for all your tips. i am due late feb and intend to breastfeed but will need a back up because last time, i was ill with a rare pregancy auto-immune disease which meant i had to be on oral steroids. this reduced my milk supply so i had to bottle feed at night. i'm really hoping this won't happen with this baby but am prepared for all eventualities!
the bags sound good so i'll toddle off to mothercare - failing that i'll take the tupperware!
dinosaur · 06/01/2004 15:33
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SoupDragon · 06/01/2004 15:34
Admittedly DS2 was older but I sterilised his bottle/teat by filling the bottle with water, adding 1/2 a sterilising tablet, filling the teat with the water when the tablet had dissolved and putting the teat point down in it. He didn't go down with anything nasty. In my mind, the main place for bacteria to lurk was in the hole of the teat which is difficult to clean with washing alone.
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